For some, the Betsy Ross flag is just a reminder of the country's history. Still, its origin is steeped in a time period where America was a slavery-driven and openly racist country. The values of ...

The history of the Betsy Ross flag can be found at the "Betsy Ross and the American Flag" website, which is maintained by the Independence Hall Association of Philadelphia. The website says ...

Canby, spread a spurious legend in a speech on the history of the American flag to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In the speech, Canby claimed that a bereaved Betsy Ross had been ...

Ross's descendants played a large role in getting her name attached to the flag, according to Peter Van Cleave, clinical assistant professor of history at ASU. He said the Betsy Ross story ...

Did Betsy Ross make the first flag ... found to confirm Ross was responsible for sewing the very first flag, according to History.com, but it is believed Col George Ross – a signer of ...

Betsy Ross interpreters, like Nina Gold ... from about a year later in 1777, and we know from oral history that she contributed to the design of that flag,” she said. “So, as far as we can tell, the ...

The Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia recently uncovered new evidence supporting the claim that a seamstress sewed the first Stars and Stripes national flag in ... in American history in WHYY.

The Ross House bills itself as "the birthplace of the American Flag ... in history also remains in question, even among government institutions. An essay entitled "The Legend of Betsy Ross ...

This was during the time period in which Betsy Ross was commissioned by General George Washington to create the very first American Flag. During her life, Betsy was married three times.

Here's a quick look at the history of Flag Day ... Hopkinson and sewn early on by Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross. The new flag first saw battle three months later — according to the ...